Al Franken actually said...

"There really is a return on investment on this, and it saves money, but it also saves lives."

"This is a bipartisan thing. I wrote a letter to make sure that we keep funding for this, and I got bipartisan support."

"we have to find ways in which to bring down costs to society and costs to the Government."

"Hope is--what is it?--fear that said its prayers."